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Firefox on Gentoo
I recently setup Firefox sync on my work machine which runs Ubuntu, then did the same on my home desktop which runs Gentoo. Before I knew it, all my work add-ons appeared on my home […]
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Delete Unused Rackspace Cloud Servers
To avoid any unnecessarily high Rackspace bills, make sure you delete any unused cloud servers or products. Here I have three servers. One is in production, another is occasionally used for testing and development. I […]
Gentoo Linux
Fix a Broken Gentoo Installation
Here is how I gain access to my broken environment… mount /dev/mapper/vg–ssd-lv–root /mnt/gentoo/ mount -v /dev/mapper/vg–ssd-lv–boot /mnt/gentoo/boot/ mount -v /dev/mapper/vg–hdd-lv–home /mnt/gentoo/home/ mount -v /dev/mapper/vg–hdd-lv–var /mnt/gentoo/var/ mount -v /dev/mapper/vg–hdd-lv–usrportage /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/ mount -v /dev/mapper/vg–hdd-lv–vhdd /mnt/gentoo/vhdd/ mount -t […]
Gentoo Linux
Gentoo: List of Issues After an Installation
Pretty much every time I install Gentoo I hit a new minor issue that requires my attention. Sometimes its caused by a new version of a particular package, sometimes I’ve simply forgot to configure something […]
Gentoo Linux
Required Kernel Options
Contents1 General Kernel Options2 Required by X2.1 With the Nouveau Driver in Mind2.2 With the NVidia Driver in Mind3 Additional Kernel Options4 Resources General Kernel Options Enable GPT support. -*- Enable the block layer —> […]
Gentoo Linux
Recompile the Gentoo Linux Kernel
Here I needed to add a few features to my current Kernel. The first thing I did was take a backup of both the Kernel image, the initramfs image, and the make configuration file (/usr/src/Linux/.config). […]
Gentoo Linux
Gentoo: Upgrade the Linux Kernel
I have not updated my kernel for a while. As you can see, I will be updating from version 3.8.13-gentoo to version 3.10.7-gentoo-r1. storm ~ # ls -la /usr/src total 20 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root […]